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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
The Weekly Signal Office Bulletin Showing
the General Conditions of the Wekthei
and Crops.

The Weekly Signal Office Bulletin Showing
the General Conditions of the Weather
and Crops.
WASHINGTON, May 29-The Signal ONCE
weekly weather and crop bulletin for the
week ending Saturday, May go, reports
that during that week the weather has
been slightly warmer than usual in the
Mississippi valley, and thence westward
to the Pacific coast, and from Southern
New England westward over New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio. The week has
been slightly cooler in Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Virginia and the South Atlantic
States, but in all agricultural districts
east Of the Rocky mountains the average
temperature for the week differs slightly
from the normal. The season from Jan
uary to May % has been slightly warmer
than usual in the grain and tobacco
regions, while the average, daily excess
in the cotton region has been from one to
two degrees.
During the week the rainfall has been
slightly in excess of the average in the
cotton regions from Texas eastward to
Georgia, and generally in New York,
Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Frequent showers occurred in the corn
and wheat regions, where the total rain.
fall for the week, although well distribut-
ed, was slightly below the normal, espe-
cially in the western portions. Owing tc
the favorable distribution of the rainfall,
the seasonal deficiency of ten to fifteen
inches appears, as yet, unnjurious in the
cotton regions. Throughout the entire
agricultural districts the weather hai
proved especially favorable for the grow.
ing crops, and the reports received this
morning show that favorable conditions
Of rainfall and temperature yet continue
except in Michigan, Illinois and Southern
Minnesota, where the needed showers to.
day are predicted.
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WHERE THE FAULT LIES.

Our Canadian NeighbOrs lay the Blame
ON the Washington Government for the
Lack of More Amlcable International In
tercOurse.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 29-The Minister OF
Customs stated to reporter last night
that the Dominion Government is ana al.
ways has been willing to meet the United
States Government half way regarding
international intercourse or the naviga-
ton of inland waters Tho Dominion
Government has made proposition to the
United States Government, in which it IL
suggested that the same privileges will
be allowed American vessels entering
Canadian inland waters as are allowed
Canadian vessels entering American in.
land waters. The Minister of Customs
indorses the report that recent cor.
respondence with the Canadian
Government has resulted in an under
standing that the Canadian regulations in
regard to the towing Of vessels in Cana
dian waters and Canadian ports by Ameri
can tugs, shall be amended so as to ex.
tend to American tugs, when in Canadian
waters, 1.-THE same rights and privileges as
are granted to Canadian tugs in American
waters" Complaint is made, however,
by the British Minister that the privileges
covered by section 1870, Revised Statues
have not been extended to Canadian tugs
when visiting American lake harbors.
The fault in the past of more amicable
arrangement not having been arrived al
appears to have been wholly attributable
to the Washington authorities. MIR.
Bowel says: at is the desire of our
government to maintain the most friendly
relations with our neighbors on the other
side Of the line, and if the friendly rela
tons which have existed in the past have
been or are to be disturbed, it is theii
fault and not ours.n
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

REV. DR.. TALMAGE preached to an audi
ence of 10, 900 in the White Lot in Washing.
ton on the afternoon of the Goth.
WILLIAM STEELE, colored, who is under
sentence of death for the murder of Nelson
Potter, was baptized by immersion in the
jail-yard at Jackson, Miss, on the Goth. A
wooden trough which is used for watering
stock, was moved inside the yard, pumped
full of water and the baptismal ceremonies
We're performed by two colored preachers,
quite a number Of colored people being
present.
The international Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers held their union meeting
at Columbus, o., on the Goth, there being
about 1900 engineers present and about
5000 visitors in all.
The peach growers of Maryland are ex-
cited over the ravages of rose bugs among
young peaches. Some growers say the
bugs are swarming by the millions over
the trees and cutting the little peaches into
atoms.
THE report that the Governor of Arkan-
sas had issued a requisition for the arrest
Of William Kissane, is untrue.
THE boilers of the Natchez, Miss, cotton
factory exploded on the 2Sth. Five per-
sons were killed and a number injured.
The damage to the factory property is es-
timated at $4,000.
AT Montreal, on the Goth, six men went
out in rowboat on fishing trip. They
attempted to cross the river, but were un-
able to manage the boat, which capsized,
and all of them except one were drowned.
CoRINTH, MISS, on the 18th, voted S40,-
600 to the Tennessee and Mississippi River
Railroad. There was only one vote against
the subscription.
MAJ. BEN PERLEY PooRE died at Wash
ington on the 2Sth. Maj. Poore had been
a sufferer from bright's disease for several
years, which was the cause of his death.
THERE seems to be but little if any
foundation for the stories which connec
Secretary Bayard's name with the vacan, y
on the supreme court bench. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Bayard has no desire fol
the position, and in fact does not consider
himself capable of filling t properly.
A WEALTHY and powerful syndicate, in
Guiding several Northern millionaires, hal
been organized in South Carolina, which
all the phosphate miners and mining com
panies have Joined for the purpose Of con
trolling and keeping up the price Of crud
rock.
AT 10 minutes to 3 O'Clock, on the morn
ing of the 2Sth, there was felt in the City
Of Mexico a violent shaking of the earth
or OF lifting motion, which lasted five sec
onds. Next there came, prefaeed by Low
roaring and accompanied by a stiff breeze
a violent oscillation of the earth from cas-
to west, which awoke everyone, lasting a
1t did, 80 seconds.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04
LANDS IN SEVERALTY.

The ,JlcarilIa Apaches En- Route TO Their
New Reservation in Northwest New
Mexico.
SANTA FE, N. NJ, May 29-Captaiu H.
S. Welton, special agent of the Indian
Bureau, passed through this city ,yester-
day having in charge SOP Jicarrilla Apache
Indians, en- route from Lincoln County,
to their new reserve in northwest New
Mexico, where this tribe of harmless
Apaches are to be allotted lands in sever
atty. Forty-one boys and girls belonging
to this tribe entertained their parents at
Ramon's Training School here. josef,
the young Indian woman who served as
interpreter, and is one Of the leading
spirits in the new and more civilized life
that has dawne1 upon these Apaches
within the past few years, was dres sed
in a neat dress, and carried a parasol.
The Indians are highly pleased over the
outlook for their future. They have two
thousand head Of stock, and seemed TO
have plenty Of spending money.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

TIE Governors of New Jersey and
Massachusetts We're rendered dinner by
the Saturday Night Club in New York on
the evening of the 2Sth
A NUMBER Of cases of flowers were re-
ceived in New York on the 2Sth from all
parts Of the Union to be placed upon the
tomb of General Grant at Riverside
TnE Post-OffiCe Department has award
ed to the American Bank Note Company
of New York the contract for supplying
postal notes for the next four years The
Bureau of Engraving and Printing will
supply the money order drafts.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS has recommended
that suit be instituted to cancel the pat
ent to the Buena Vista grant, comprising
5000 acres of land in California, on the
ground that the patent was procured by
| fraud.
JOSEPH DEsCARIo, a convict, while try
ing to escape from the Ionia, mich. pen
itentiary on the 2Sth was shot and in
stantly killed by the keeper under whose
charge he was going to his work on the
prison farm. BNz
! LATEST reports from the scene of the ac-
cident on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Horseshoe Bend, state that six persons
were killed and eight injured.
M. RoUYIER announced the new French
ministry on the 2Sth, with the portfolios
distributed as follows: Premier and
Finance, M. Rouvier; Foreign Affairs, M.
Flourens; Justice, NJ. Spuller; Interior
and Public Worship, NJ Faillerts; War,
General Saussier; Marine, Admiral
Jaures; Agriculture NJ Develle; Public
Works, M. Etienne; Posts and Tele-
graphs, NJ. Cookery; Public Instruction,
NJ. Berthalot, all moderate Republicans.
THE bodies Of six hundred Chinese are
be disnterred at San Francisco this
week and shipped home to the Flowery
kingdom for final interment
A NUMBER of the participants in the
recent riots at the Jimtown, (Pa.) coke
works were arrested on the sSth, and
lodged in Jail at Uniontown. Much ex-
element exists throughout the coke
region.
EDITOR O'BRIEN left Montreal on the
night of the 2Sth for Boston He and
Kilbride were given hearty farewell by
a crowd that assembled to witness theil
departure.
The district of Orissa, India, was com
pletely devastated by a cyclone on the
! 2IJn. CalCuJua steamer WIN % per
sons on board is thought to have foun
dered.
DAVID HITEs Of Oskaloosa, Ia, has beer
jailed for the murder of John Fall anC
wife. He is insane
CARDINAL GIBBONS sailed on the 20
from Queenstown for New York
THE remains of Ben Perley Poore, who
died on the 2Sth, were shipped from
Washington to Boston on the Goth.
REV. 7. DEWITT TALMAGE delivered al
eloquent sermon before the militia al
Washington on the afternoon of the Goth
AN earthquake visited the City of Mexico
on the morning of the Goth.
CLARENCE HOUSE, Herbert Jones ant
Estella Cool were drowned in the MohawA
near Utica, N. Y, on the ooh, by the cap
sizing Of their pleasure beat
LYDIA WILLIAMSON, an aged spinst Ell
was burned to death in her room at Au
burn, R. l., on the night of the 29th.
is thought that an overturned lam
caused the fire.
The largest tobacco warehouse in Wis
consin was partly dos. RysA-by fire a
Stoughton, on the goth. Loss, $4,000
The loss falls heaviest on Miller Il Put
nam and Atkinson Bros. of Stoughton
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04
THE RED CROSS.
EfficleVt Work Performed by the Noble
Charity at the National Militia Encamp.


Efflclept Work Performed by the Noble
Charity at the National Militia Encamp.
ment
WASHINGTON. May 90 Ole of the most
notable features Of the military encamp-
ment which has so engros5ed visitors
during the week just closed, and one
which has achieved an uEdisputed sue
cess, has been the Red Cross Association.
This noble philanthropy, representing the
latest and improved organization for
affording relief to the SICK and wounded
obtained permission through its presi-
dent, Clara Barton, to establish hospital
on the drill grounds, and was fortunate
in having secured not only Government
aid and countenanco, but the gratuitous
services of the MEDICAL director, DR.. j. o.
Stanton, and those of the exec utive
officer, DR.. Ross, with corps of able
assistants, many of whom did actual
service in the late evil war.
The work of the Red Cross Association
is highly benevolent and merciful, and
does not conflict with any other estab-
lished charities. Aside from its services
during the Franco. Prussan, and the
Turko-Russian war, the Red Cross has
received the sanction of mum 1rOus prom
inent officials in this country, for its aid
afforded to sufferers from the elem 9nts,
and from the epdemics, such as those of
the yellow fever in the South the great
Michigan fires and the destructive floods
of the Mississippi valley.
During its establishment Of less than a
week at camp George Washington, there
have been treated at the RedCrOss hospital
JAS cases. A great many Of the visiting
militiamen will bear away with them
greatful and lasting memories Of the eff
tcient kindness of Clara Barton and her
aids Of the Red Cross
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

THE Crown Prince of Germany is stead
fly improving His doctors held con-
sultation at Potsdam on the 25th and
unanimously agreed that it was no longer
necessary for DR.. Mackenzie to remain
with the patient After making the final
examination of the Princes throat, DR..
Mackenzie left for England.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

ABOUT two thousand persons attended
the Presidents reception in the East room
of the White House on the 25th. He shook
hands with each of them, and the recep-
ton lasted nearly an hour. Many Of the
visiting militiamen took advantage Of
the opportunity and paid their respects to
the President.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

ROBERT II. EDDY, a Boston patent
solicitor, who died last week. left s 900
to a son Of General Fitz chm Porter, who
was named after him, and $4,000 toward
erecting an equestrian statue of General
Porter in Portsmouth, N. b. He was a
second cousin to General Porter, and used
TO be his guardian.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

AT the close of the week ended the =5th,
the Detroits still held the lead in LeNgne
base ball championship series with she
Chicagos still holding on to sixth place.
In the American Association the st. Louis
Browns continued to maintain their lead,
having thus far lost only five games out
of thirty-one played. They left for their
Eastern tour on the night Of the 2Sth.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

THE recent rains throughout the North
west have extinguished most of the for est
fires which have been raging in Wiscon-
sin and Upper Michigan with such
destructive violence OF late. The pastures
and crops, which were suffering severely
from the effects of the drought, have
been benefited.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

THE New York Belt Line stables were
burned on the morning Of the 9th, and tif-
teen hundred horses persisted in theaames.
1t is feared that there was also some loss
of human life. Seventy dwellings were
also burned; total loss, over million
dollars
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

A MEDAL containing likeness Of Presi-
dent Cleveland on one side and Of an In
dian and settler on the other has been
struck off at the Philadelphia mint, and
will be presented by the Secretary of the
Interior to Indians who prove themselves
conspicuously deserving of Federal recog-
milton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

JOHN FALL and wife, residing in Jeffer
son township, Polk County, Ia, were muir
dered on the night of the 18th and their
home burned. Only meager details have
yet been received. The crime was not
discovered until the next morning
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

CANON FLEMING, one Of the chaplains in
ordinary to Her Majesty, has just pub
lished a volume Of sermons. The PGll
Mall Gazette alleges that one Of the SER
mons is a gross plagiarism Of a sermon
delivered by DR.. Talmage Of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle six years ago.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

FORTY BODIES have been recovered
from the Udstone colliery, at Blantyre,
Scotland, where the explosion occurred
on the 2Sth. Many of the bodies were
charred beyond recognition, and some
were terribly mangled. There is no hope
of rescuing any of the imprisoned miners
alive.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

IRIsHMBN in Montreal threaten that in
the event Of Lord Lansdowne visitin G
that city to take part in the jubilee cele-
bration, he will be treated as was O'Brien
In Toronto.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

THE Memphis and Vicksburg COM
panies refused to march in the parade at
Washington on the 25th on account OF
being placed in the column with the Vir'
glnla negro companies.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

EIeHTY-FoUR evicted Irish tenants from
County Mayo arrived at Philadelphia in
the Scandinavia on the Goth, and were de-
tanned on board the vessel by the au-
thorities, it being charged that the Brit
ish Government had paid their fare to that
port.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

THE subject is fast resolving itself into
the question whether the Queens jubilee
is to be an incident of Buffalo Bilps capt
ure of London, or whether Buffalo Bill is
an incident Of the jubilee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

IT is rumored that Count Won Muster,
the German Ambassador at Paris, is
about to resign, ostensibly on account OF
ill-health but really because OF the in
creasing friction between Germany and
France.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

M ArKoFF's paper, the Moscow Gazette,
openly declares that Russia will declare
war against Austria the moment the lat
ter makes the slightest movement against
the Balkans inimical to Rus interests.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

THE Opera Comique at Paris was de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the 25th,
and scores of people were killed or burned
to death, and many injured.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

THE schooner yacht Coronet, which
beat the Dauntless in the race from New
York to Cork, passed Sandy Hook on the
25th, inward bound from England.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

GENERAL SAUssIER and Admiral Juares
have refused to serve in the new French
Ministry.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Varlsus Sources.

QUEEN KAPIo1ANI sailed for Europe on
the 18th.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

SENATOR GEORGE, of Mississippi is be-
ing prominently mentioned for the vacant
Supreme judgeship.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

BISMARCK Is suffering from muscular
rheumatism.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04

LORD LANsDowNE made some very con-
ciliatory remarks touching the fisheries
question at Toronto banquet on the
25th
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-06

In many q case, it is doing more for
= person to receive gift or a service
from him, than to give gift or to ren-
der a service to him. Just because 1t
is more blessed to give than to receive,
we have no right to be always taking
that blessing TO ourselves; but we
should permit others to gain their
share of it. A child is helped 10y be-
ing privileged to give gift to his pa
rents, or to render service to some
one whom he loves and honors. A
scholar is worth more in a class,
through contributing to the stock of
its common knowledge; and the class
is worth more to him in consequence.
Mind ard character are developed
through their exercise, and are gain
ers through their outlay hence, in
every sphere of life there is an attain
ment which is possible only through
self-denial and self-expenditure. Our
duty toward others involves looking
at their needs in more directions than
one; and in order to the meeting of
their need of this aid TO their highest
development of mind and character,
we must often permit them to he the
givers and doers, when we should real
ly find more personal enjoyment in
comforting favors than in receiving
them.
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His Faith.

When man in danger has done all
he can, the temper of his soul is shown
by the way in which he stands and ell
du1es. Mere steadiness in all emer-
gency is so magnetic that covering
men become upright.
In q terrible storm that swept the
Western Lakes year or two ago, a
Lake Superior iron steamer was
stranded upon rocky reef. The pas
sengers, reused at five o'clock in the
morning by the sharp concussion and
grinding noise, rushed on deck.
Suddenly the steamer careened, and
lay on her side, wedged in among the
rocks. The bitter cold chilled the pas
sengers to the bone, and the furious
sea, breaking over the deck, swept OIL
many men and women. Shrieks OF
alarm and groans Of despair were
heard above the roar of wind and
wave.
One man was calm. Captain Moor
moved among the frightened passen-
gers, risking his life to prevent a pam
ic and to save those thrown down by
the combing billows.
With his own hands-many of the
crew having been swept away-he
stretched q lifeline from one end OF
the deck to the other, and showed the
surviving passengers how to hold OIL
to it, encouraging them with the as
surance that daylight would bring
them relief from the shore.
While he stood looking to see that
every one grasped the life line, huge
wave knocked down the cabin and
washed the ruins over upon the cap
tain, crushing him to the deck.
II am lost" he cried. "Good-bye--
hold on to the line!"
Another wave washed away the de-
6ris, and released the captain; but his
injuries chained him to the deck.
Daylight brought not the hoped-for
relief from the shore. All that day,
while the storm ragged and the waves
washed over the doomed steamer, the
captain spoke cheering words to the
despairing souls.
AS darkness gathered over the toss
ing waters, he said: Friends, let us
all pray"
He led them in prayer. Through
out that night of agony, his voice was
heard, putting heart into those near
him, and imploring help from. God.
At daylight on the second morning
relief came. Several sailors, who had
jumped overheard, had succeeded in
swimming ashore. A line was thrown
from the land, and the survivors, after
forty-eight hours of gazing into the
face of death, were rescued.
The passengers received one impress
sion which stamped itself upon them
even more deeply than the memory of
their sufferings and fears. It was
made by the grand courage and sub
lime faith of the captain.
"But for him." said passenger, we
should all have lost hope and in our
despair died. We saw him prostrate
on the deck, wounded and unable to
rise, yet speaking words of good cheer
and praying God to save as. We
blessed him, and kept up good
heart.n
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At Quito, the only city in the world
on the line of the equator, the sun sets
and rises at 6 o'clock the year round.
Your clocks may break down, your
watch stop, but the sun never makes a
mistake here. When it disappears for
the night it is 6 o'clock and you set
your watch by it.
Mrs. F. J. VanAlstyne, author of
"Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and 9TH
er poems of like religious feeling, is
residing in New York City in compar-
ative poverty, it is said. She is a
Methodist, and became blind when six
years Of age.
Some persons are capable of making
great sacrifices, but few are capable OF
concealing how much the sacrifice has
cost them: and it is this concealment
that constitutes their value.
That was a quaint conceit of the boy
who, when he unlocked the horns of
two fighting goats and separated them
said he had unbuttoned them.